森林浴的效果和暴露水平对老年人认知健康的影响：来自郊区森林游乐区的证据

IF 6 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Pub Date : 2025-01-02 DOI:10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128667

Jittakon Ramanpong, Chen Tsao, Jie Yin, Chih-Da Wu, Yu-Chih Huang, Chia-Pin Yu

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摘要

利用自然增强认知能力具有巨大的潜力。与自然接触对认知衰老的潜在影响一直受到关注，特别是由于老龄化社会带来的挑战。森林浴包括结构化的治疗性娱乐活动，可以提高森林环境中的认知表现。然而，接触大自然的频率、强度和持续时间可能对健康结果有不同程度的重要性。在本研究中，采用受试者内设计实验来评估老年人参与自助森林沐浴计划前后的认知反应。客观暴露指标，包括访问频率、步行距离和一周内在森林中度过的时间，被用来调查受试者的认知增强。结果显示认知表现指标有显著改善。通过Stroop测试，参与者在参加自助森林浴项目后，完成所有部分的时间都缩短了。在自我引导的森林浴之后，前向数字跨度任务和远程联想测试的分数显示出显著的提高，分别表明工作记忆和创造力的改善。完成Stroop任务中涉及中性词颜色识别部分所需时间的变化与森林浴活动的频率呈负相关，说明森林浴活动越频繁，老年人的注意力控制能力越强。此外，在一个星期内，数字跨度任务得分的变化与自我指导森林浴练习的频率之间存在正相关，这表明经常参加森林浴可能对增强老年人的工作记忆有积极的影响。

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Effects of forest bathing and the influence of exposure levels on cognitive health in the elderly: Evidence from a suburban forest recreation area

Using nature for cognitive enhancement has great potential. The potential effects of engagement with nature on cognitive aging have been receiving attention, particularly due to the challenges posed by an aging society. Forest bathing involves structured therapeutic recreational activities that could improve cognitive performance within a forest environment. However, the frequency, intensity, and duration of exposure to nature may hold different degrees of importance when it comes to health outcomes. In this study, a within-subjects design experiment was used to evaluate cognitive responses before and after participation among the elderly in a self-guided forest bathing program. Objective exposure metrics, including frequency of visits, walking distance, and time spent in the forest over a week, were employed to investigate subjects’ cognitive enhancement. The results revealed significant improvements in cognitive performance indicators. Through the Stroop test, participants showed reduced completion times in all sections after engaging in the self-guided forest bathing program. The Forward Digit Span Task and the Remote Associates Test scores displayed a significant increase following the self-guided forest bathing, indicating improvements in working memory and creativity, respectively. A negative correlation was observed between the change in time required to complete the Stroop task section involving color identification of neutral words and the frequency of forest bathing practices, suggesting that more frequent forest bathing practices may enhance the attentional control of the elderly. Moreover, a positive correlation was identified between the change in the backward Digit Span Task score and the frequency of self-guided forest bathing practices over a week, suggesting that regular engagement in forest bathing may have a positive impact on enhancing the working memory of the elderly.

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Urban Forestry & Urban Greening FORESTRY-

CiteScore

11.70

自引率

12.50%

发文量

289

审稿时长

70 days

期刊介绍： Urban Forestry and Urban Greening is a refereed, international journal aimed at presenting high-quality research with urban and peri-urban woody and non-woody vegetation and its use, planning, design, establishment and management as its main topics. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening concentrates on all tree-dominated (as joint together in the urban forest) as well as other green resources in and around urban areas, such as woodlands, public and private urban parks and gardens, urban nature areas, street tree and square plantations, botanical gardens and cemeteries. The journal welcomes basic and applied research papers, as well as review papers and short communications. Contributions should focus on one or more of the following aspects: -Form and functions of urban forests and other vegetation, including aspects of urban ecology. -Policy-making, planning and design related to urban forests and other vegetation. -Selection and establishment of tree resources and other vegetation for urban environments. -Management of urban forests and other vegetation. Original contributions of a high academic standard are invited from a wide range of disciplines and fields, including forestry, biology, horticulture, arboriculture, landscape ecology, pathology, soil science, hydrology, landscape architecture, landscape planning, urban planning and design, economics, sociology, environmental psychology, public health, and education.